> do we see no merit in a censorship resistant framework
This is a loaded question... Cryptocurrencies are not "censorship resistant". If they were, maybe your complaint about HN's "echo chamber" would be warranted.
Here are some censorship examples:
1. BTC: OFAC has listed Bitcoin addresses that you cannot legally send money to. If you do, expect fines/jail/interrogation/etc.
2. ETH: If you exploit a vulnerability in a contract, your transaction will be invalidated.
3. BTC: If the devs decide to abandon the longest chain like they did in 2013, any transaction on the forgotten chain will be effectively erased from history.
There are more, but admittedly they require a bit of thinking to realize that they are in fact censorship. Everything is obfuscated when it comes to blockchain, which is why it's managed to fool so many smart people into taking its claims as granted.
This is a loaded question... Cryptocurrencies are not "censorship resistant". If they were, maybe your complaint about HN's "echo chamber" would be warranted.
Here are some censorship examples:
1. BTC: OFAC has listed Bitcoin addresses that you cannot legally send money to. If you do, expect fines/jail/interrogation/etc.
2. ETH: If you exploit a vulnerability in a contract, your transaction will be invalidated.
3. BTC: If the devs decide to abandon the longest chain like they did in 2013, any transaction on the forgotten chain will be effectively erased from history.
There are more, but admittedly they require a bit of thinking to realize that they are in fact censorship. Everything is obfuscated when it comes to blockchain, which is why it's managed to fool so many smart people into taking its claims as granted.